Avocados — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Avocados — Area harvested was 423 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Avocados — Area harvested in Panama, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Panama recorded 423 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Panama peaked at 1,149 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 325 ha, in 2009.
Panama ranks 41st of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 590 ha | — |
| 1986 | 590 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 590 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 590 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 590 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 690 ha | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 848 ha | +22.9% |
| 1992 | 795 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 734 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 710 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 720 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 705 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 710 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 720 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 710 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 669 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 603 ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 551 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 514 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 472 ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 443 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 415 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 390 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 325 ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 1,149 ha | +253.5% |
| 2011 | 823 ha | -28.4% |
| 2012 | 548 ha | -33.4% |
| 2013 | 503 ha | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 468 ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 438 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 413 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 391 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 380 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 409 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 500 ha | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 470 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 575 ha | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 418 ha | -27.3% |
| 2024 | 423 ha | +1.2% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 423 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 573 ha, 74% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +253.5% | 325 ha | 1,149 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 590 ha | 590 ha | 590 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 733.2 ha | 690 ha | 848 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 509.2 ha | 325 ha | 710 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 552.2 ha | 380 ha | 1,149 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 477.2 ha | 418 ha | 575 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Panama?
- Avocados — area harvested in Panama was 423 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1,149 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 325 ha in 2009.
- How does Panama rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 41st out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.